GOES IMAGES LAUNCH
From some 22,300 mi. above Earth, a new U.S. weather satellite was able to capture exhaust plumes from the space shuttle Atlantis' launch. The satellite, Goes 8, images the entire disk of the planet from its geosynchronous orbit over the equator at 75 deg. W. The picture was taken at 3:32 p.m. EDT...
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